Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50460
Published: October 1, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116350
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50460
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the cifs_flock() function in fs/cifs/file.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50460
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d08311aa3056a84bfdc09bc47777de6a9b16c30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/575e079c782b9862ec2626403922d041a42e6ed6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8905d13b9ede4caa88c577faed832d6c7383f4fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8c9b4a963fec5d0e37e3e8522bb19b0c28e1a73
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.6